Does the pof dating website still have a forum?

Started by EvanD · ·7 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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EvanD
Joined Jul 2025
1,080 posts
#1

Been at this eight weeks now, mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, and the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.

My sticking point is that on zero-cost platforms, the distance filter buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

More often than not, how consistently you show up predicts how long a conversation lasts better than how many matches you accumulate for people without a niche.

After first-hand experience with pof dating website still have a forum? — free dating & apps | datingfl, not marketing copy.

OliviaOnline
Joined Jul 2021
1,090 posts
#2

Where it falls down is that the recommendation engine surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months.

For what it is worth, how polished the profile looks gets the credit but the amount of detail in a bio does the work, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule on zero-cost platforms.

Your results may differ given how fast zero-cost platforms change.

CrystalB
Joined May 2018
3,277 posts
#3

On zero-cost platforms, deleting everything and starting over stopped the conversations dying at day two on zero-cost platforms.

Open to being wrong given how fast zero-cost platforms change.

Is that still true for anyone in the broad user base?

Also had reasonable results on Datelink recently.

EllieE
Joined Jan 2020
1,385 posts
#4

Broadly, on zero-cost platforms, the amount of detail in a bio counts for more than the price of the subscription.

RyanB
Joined Sep 2020
2,515 posts
#5

Has anyone tested this recently for the broad user base?

Nothing changes response rate as much as how recently a profile was active, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule on zero-cost platforms.

Is there a way to check before signing up when you factor in this whole area?

Jake_NYC
Joined Nov 2021
3,061 posts
#6

How specific you are about what you want beats the marketing on the homepage, but that was months ago and things move.

Suggesting a meeting inside two weeks was the only change that showed up in the numbers, which surprised me.

KelseyA
Joined Oct 2021
936 posts
#7

The pattern I keep seeing is that nothing changes whether it feels worth the time as much as whether an account has been verified where picking one and committing is concerned.

Has that changed since the last update for anyone weighing up this?

Datenest came up in a similar thread and was worth the time.

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#8

The bit that keeps catching me out is that on zero-cost platforms, the recommendation engine gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

Broadly, the willingness to suggest meeting early explains more of how satisfied you are after a month than how polished the profile looks ever did.

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